[1][2] About 1867, she married mathematician Professor John Robinson Leebody of Foyle College, Derry, living the rest of her life in the city.
[5][6] Known as a diligent field botanist, her work focused on Counties Antrim, Londonderry, and Donegal.
Leebody's most active years were between 1893 and 1904, and was an acquaintance of Robert Lloyd Praeger.
[2] Leebody is credited with adding a number of new Irish records, including American orchid Spiranthes romanzoffiana,[7] in 1893, marking the beginning of her published work.
Other records she published were Dryas octopetala on Muckish, Teesdalia nudicaulis on Lough Neagh, and Liparis loeselii on Slieve Snaght.